Category: News

  • NCAA ’14 Cover Vote Has A Few Surprises

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    So let’s get beyond the fact that NCAA Football 13 was a bit frustrating in its overcompensation for NCAA 12’s problems with blocking, punt coverage and defenders blind swatting balls. Instead of showing us how they will be trying to improve NCAA 14, EA wants you to go vote for which school will represent the game on the cover.

    Okay EA, I will play along…for now.

    Voting is done through the game’s Facebook page by just liking the page then voting for your favorite school. You can continue to vote on all the schools until halftime of Monday’s BCS National Championship game and then the top 32 teams will move on to the next round of voting.

    Some of the teams in the 32 are a little hard to believe they have a shot to win much less be in the next round of votes. For example, Kentucky is sitting at 14th. You know, that great Kentucky football program that has has such classic games as………and that magical championship run in…….. Army is sitting at 32nd and Penn State is in 10th. Jokes are too easy to come by with that so let’s just all agree that they should not be anywhere near a video game cover for a while and the fact that USC fans are too lazy or don’t care about their program enough to vote enough for this tells me that Lane Kiffin’s job may not be very secure.

     

     

  • Jurassic Life: A Jurassic Park Half-Life 2 Mod That Is A Wonder To Behold

    Hold On To Your Butts.

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    A team of programmers have spent over six years developing this [amazon_link id=”B004KKXMSI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Jurassic Park[/amazon_link] mod for Half-Life 2 called Jurassic Life. Now six years is a long time to be working on the game but when you take into account how small the group developing the mod is then it is truly amazing how this game is coming along.

    They have just released a new video on their website showing off some of the locales and dinosaurs that you will be coming across.The video is also accompanied by John Williams’ iconic score which makes this mod even greater. And let’s be honest, we haven’t had a good Jurassic Park game since the SNES version (crappy Mode 7 and all) so let me just give encouragement to the developers and say we JP fans can not wait to play this when it is done.

    http://youtu.be/lTPk4iO47RQ

  • Mega64 Awards For 2012.

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    The guys at Mega64 are back with their “best of” awards for 2012. Everything from Black Ops 2, Tokyo Jungle, One Direction and Gangnam Style are among the groups big winners. Compare their picks and if they match up with any of yours then please stop playing games, watching movies or just generally being a nerd.

    Watch below for the funny. And check out their previous awards from the past few years.



  • Aliens: Colonial Marines Story Trailer

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    Gearbox Software has released another video for [amazon_link id=”B005THAX5Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Aliens: Colonial Marines[/amazon_link]. This one focuses on the actual story of the game which has this set of marines arriving to LV-426 17 weeks after the distress signal was sent out in the 1986 movie. We even get greeted at the beginning by Cpl. Hicks (bandaged and all) warning that all members of his squad are K.I.A.

    Check out the story trailer below. Aliens: Colonial Marines releases on February 12, 2013.

  • Merry Christmas From Deadpool!

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    Deadpool is here to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and to say that he has taken over as president of High Moon Studios who happen to be releasing his game fittingly titled, [amazon_link id=”B008LW4SCU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Deadpool[/amazon_link]. Hopefully your holiday turns out better than it did for Rudolph.

    Deadpool releases in 2013 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

  • Bioshock Infinite’s First Five Minutes

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    “Booker, are you afraid of God?”

    “No, but I’m afraid of you.”

    And with those two lines Bioshock Infinite should be on every gamers radar.

    Irrational has released a video showcasing the first five minutes of their upcoming Bioshock Infinite. It is not too spoilery so don’t worry too much but it does introduce us to lead character Booker DeWitt and what his task is on the floating city of Columbia. I love how the rainy conditions and lighthouse interior kind of mirror the beginning of the original Bioshock.

    Bioshock Infinite releases on March 26, 2013.

  • Nintendo TVii Is Up And Running

    After a slight delay Nintendo has their TVii feature up and running on the Wii U. All you will have to do is turn on your system and download a new update for the system, answer a few questions about your cable provider and you all set to go. TVii also connects to your Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant accounts.

    The best part of all is that Nintendo TVii is completely free.

  • Star Trek: The Video Game Due Out April 23, 2013

    Star Trek: The Video Game will be releasing on April 23, 2013 a mere three weeks before the crew of the Enterprise is set to return in Star Trek Into Darkness. Above is the official box art for the game which will have Kirk and Spock working together in co-op missions fighting against the classic Trek series enemy the Gorn who are (obviously) being re-designed for the new game.

    Pre-orders for the game begin tomorrow, December 21st, and gamers will receive some in-game extras for dropping the early cash.

    The “Elite Officers” Pack comes with:

    – Stealth Pack (stealth uniforms for Kirk and Spock as well as a Starfleet Stealth Sniper Rifle)

    – Brawler Pack (Kirk’s leather jacket attire and Spock’s Vulcan Science Academy attire)

    – Kelvin Pack (Kirk and Spock U.S.S. Kelvin uniforms and Kelvin hand phaser)

    – Academy Pack (Kirk Academy Uniform, Spock Dress Uniform and Academy phaser)

    – Kobayashi Maru Pack- (Kirk and Spock Kobayashi Maru uniforms)

     

     

     

  • THQ Files For Bankruptcy

    THQ has filed for Chapter 11 (the good kind…if there is one) bankruptcy but has also secured a buyer for the company all in one fell swoop.

    Look, I am not an expert in bankruptcy laws but the basic setup is that THQ formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy while letting Clearlake Capital Group LLC offer a 60 million dollar consideration for the company as well as pay their creditors 10 million dollars. By filing Chapter 11, THQ was able to choose essentially who bought the company. After this it all gets really technical and I don’t feel like boning up on bankruptcy laws for this article when all you really want to know is if THQ will still finish and release South Park and Metro: Last Light.

    Yes. Yes they will.

  • Bioshock Infinite Figures By NECA Coming Soon

    If you have already reserved your $150 Songbird Edition of Bioshock Infinite don’t think that will be the end of your Bioshock spending spree. NECA toys will be releasing these figures based on Irrational Games’ upcoming Bioshock Infinite. The first series will have Elizabeth and one of the Boys of Silence.

    Click [amazon_link id=”B009I6DH6Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]here[/amazon_link] to pre-order the two-pack from Amazon.

    Bioshock Infinite will release on March 26, 2013.